Posted by kara lynne on September 30, 2003, at 0:53:26
In reply to To tell coach I'm on Parnate?, posted by eric24 on September 29, 2003, at 20:59:49
If you're that worried about it I don't think you necessarily have to tell them--as long as you definitely wear the bracelet, and you're a person who pays attention to the diet restrictions and taking care of yourself. They're probably more concerned with heart medications and steroids and things like that. Ideally there wouldn't be such stigma around these things, and maybe your coach would be more understanding than you think. Just consider yourself like a diabetic who needs to take insulin. Like st. james said, I doubt anyone will know what it's for anyway. And if they ask you could just say it's for something else (I don't know, headaches or something), and then you've done your part by telling them. The rest of it is really none of their business except as it relates to saving your life in an emergency situation.
Also if you don't tell them, you could say later that you were going through a trial period and you thought you weren't going to continue taking it. But wear the bracelet!
Good luck. Tell us what you decide to do.
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